Sunday, October 14, 2018

PLATT -MISC News

A Unified Nation Must Rest on Something Real 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/a-unified-nation-must-rest-on-something-real/

GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: The World’s Oldest Barber, Fruit That Communicates, Squirrels
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/briefing/week-in-good-news-worlds-oldest-barber.html?emc=edit_nn_20181012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181012&te=1

Meet The Worst Neighbors In The World (WARNING: click bait site ... )
https://www.daily-choices.com/meet-the-worst-neighbors-in-the-world/?utm_medium=yahoo&utm_source=239&utm_campaign=370295339&utm_term=HOMEPAGE_US-c

6 Degrees of Delay: The Many Ways We Procrastinate, and How to Stop
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/6-different-ways-youre-procrastinating-and-how-you-can-stop

Are we doomed by a trillion-ton killer iceberg or giant blobs of fat in the sewers?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-we-doomed-by-a-trillion-ton-killer-iceberg-or-giant-blobs-of-fat-in-the-sewers-2018-10-12

The LDS Church Uses Pencils
https://www.thecramped.com/the-lds-church-uses-pencils/

Scientists Slowly Reintroducing Small Group Of Normal, Well-Adjusted Humans Into Society
https://www.theonion.com/scientists-slowly-reintroducing-small-group-of-normal-1819578704

FINANCIAL
Teaching people about money doesn’t seem to make them any smarter about money – here’s what might 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/financial-education-flunks-out-and-heres-whats-being-done-about-it-2018-10-10

You won over $862 million in the lottery, now what? 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-you_won_over_500_million_in_the_lottery_now_what-rfoxnews/category/finance

WEATHER
Hurricane Michael: One Mile of Devastation in Florida
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/12/us/mexico-beach-fl-damage-map.html?emc=edit_nn_20181012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181012&te=1

Unique View of the Sun Inside the Eye as Michael Passes Overhead
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/unique-view-of-the-sun-inside-the-eye-as-michael-passes-overhead?pl=pl-michael

A large weather vane ..
https://grab.orsm.net/update20180913/never-seen-a-wind-vane-like-this-before.mp4

Weekend Snow for the Rockies, Plains and Even Potentially Texas
https://weather.com/storms/winter/video/weekend-snow-for-the-rockies-plains-and-even-potentially-texas?pl=pl-the-latest

ENVIRONMENT
How to Feed 10 Billion by 2050 Without Destroying the Planet 
https://www.ecowatch.com/food-production-world-population-2611643301.html

From Tears to Spider Embryos: Photos Reveal World’s Microscopic Wonders (If the link does not work, try copy, paste and go the article title in your browser.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-tears-to-spider-embryos-photos-reveal-worlds-microscopic-wonders-1539345600?emailToken=dd5334eecc0ccd55872c883b1cd4187e7Qn2+9yKDaA8baDITSbTLqz3zHe7TWUXqFNG5vHSbs6JIbn44IZ6a2h9weOPHrhYSgCVG9I9bXFqaadp8D47L2okfLb3tnNSk/KddpjDHcbzFdKRlwrqCVUu4pIA/eR9Jvs5wxJ673VkqG3bJosOkA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

US green groups carry out Russia's bidding in fracking fight
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/us-green-groups-carry-out-russias-bidding-in-fracking-fight
    
TECHNOLOGY
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot can now do parkour, so don’t bother running away
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/boston-dynamics-atlas-robot-can-now-do-parkour-so-dont-bother-running-away-2018-10-11

CYBER SECURITY
Here’s how to see if you were affected by Facebook’s breach
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/12/check-if-affected-by-facebook-data-breach/?guccounter=1

Why the Social Security number needs a digital update
https://www.fifthdomain.com/congress/policy/2018/10/11/why-the-social-security-number-needs-a-digital-update/

SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Tackles Rising Threat: Americans Aping Russian Schemes to Deceive
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/technology/fake-news-online-disinformation.html?action=click&emc=edit_nn_20181012&module=Top+Stories&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408emc%3Dedit_nn_20181012&pgtype=Homepage&te=1

TERRORISM
A Party of Stalkers 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/democrats-mob-tactics-violence/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-10-12&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

SCOTUS
Fix The Court
https://fixthecourt.com/

TRUMPGATE
Fusion GPS co-founder to take the Fifth to avoid testifying
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fusion-gps-co-founder-to-take-the-fifth-to-avoid-testifying

POLITICS
John Kerry on the Democrats, the Iran deal and whether he’s too rich to run
https://www.ft.com/content/9018bd1c-cc71-11e8-b276-b9069bde0956?accessToken=zwAAAWZplrtQkdOQGL0czHER6NOydrkGm94JVg.MEQCIER0C5HzfAXWmhhXxikcUW_8MGZqknaEr463C1jz84f1AiAcLSdWyr6rzLDgpaeK8mA5mijUlUsunDKZFyiO6o455Q&sharetype=gift

How America’s urban-rural divide is changing the Democratic Party
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/411172-how-americas-urban-rural-divide-is-changing-the-democratic-party?userid=288549

Trump administration proposes tough rules on protests
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/411204-trump-administration-proposes-tough-rules-on-protests

Republicans see silver linings in deep-blue states
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/411067-republicans-see-silver-linings-in-blue-states
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           - C. S. Lewis

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